Research is one fo the key areas that discovers the un-discovere and try to establish linkages. Every action has a reaction, a pebble thrown into a pond creates ripples. Research tries to establish, how fast or with how much effort the pebble was thrown into the lake and measure the speed of the ripples. Likewise, research tries to establish linkages in the system, whether it be, science, social science etc.
In Papua New Guinea, economic research presents quiet a challenge because of non-availability of data. Non collection of up-to-date data by the National Statistics Office has not been helpful for researchers to establish system linakages to provide better guidelines for policy formulation.
